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You love evil more than good,
a lie more than speaking what is right.[a] Selah
You love all devouring words,
O deceitful tongue,
but God will pull you down forever.
He will snatch you and tear you away from your tent,
and he will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah

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  1. Psalm 52:3 Literally “righteousness”

You love evil(A) rather than good,
    falsehood(B) rather than speaking the truth.[a]
You love every harmful word,
    you deceitful tongue!(C)

Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin:
    He will snatch you up and pluck(D) you from your tent;
    he will uproot(E) you from the land of the living.(F)

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  1. Psalm 52:3 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verse 5.